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Mark William Lewis: Living [self-released]
London-based singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Mark William Lewis released his debut EP, Pleasure Is Everything, in late 2021. He followed it with the four-song God Complex EP last year, and returns now with Living—a minimal, meditative album crafted with guitar, harmonica, double bass, electronics, and percussion. Lewis performs the majority of the instruments on the LP, save for the double bass, which was laid down by Otto Willberg.
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Ruhail Qaisar: Fatima [Danse Noire]
Ruhail Qaisar is a self-taught artist and producer from Leh, the joint capital of Ladakh (a union territory of India). His debut album, Fatima, is inspired by the harsh setting of his home, the ongoing conflict between nation states, riots, unemployment, colonization, PTSD, and self-abuse. The LP was recorded between Leh, the remote agrarian villages of Ladakh, and Qaisar’s DIY home studio in New Delhi; it merges harsh electronics with field recordings and found sounds. For Fatima, Qaisar got contributions from Elvin Brandhi, Dis Fig, Iben Lavinia Kasjer, and Rohit Gupta.
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